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why are all my psych books special?
Sep. 12th, 2005 01:54 pm"If you have the impulse to fondle the person next to you in class, your ego (presumably) takes action to keep the impulse out of your awareness."
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ETA: "[Threat] can come from things about yourself you think are inadequate -- for example, the fact that you are unpopular, or the fact that you can't dance. It can come from being part of a group that others disparage or from the realization that you will eventually die. Threat can even come from situations in life that conflict with your superego's standards -- for example, the fact that people in the world are starving and you're not doing anything about it, or the thought that your parents have an active sex life with certain preferred positions for intercourse."
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ETA: "[Threat] can come from things about yourself you think are inadequate -- for example, the fact that you are unpopular, or the fact that you can't dance. It can come from being part of a group that others disparage or from the realization that you will eventually die. Threat can even come from situations in life that conflict with your superego's standards -- for example, the fact that people in the world are starving and you're not doing anything about it, or the thought that your parents have an active sex life with certain preferred positions for intercourse."